Island wakes in deep water

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 962-981

  Dong, Changming ^a   McWilliams, James C ^a   Shchepetkin, Alexander F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WATER WAVES;

BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; BURGER NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBER;

WAKES;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEEP WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; MESOSCALE EDDY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBER; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 34249052517     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3047.1     Document Type: Article

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